Mai i taku taenga atu ki te wāhi, kāore au i whakaaro ka puta he whakama. Kāore he māramatanga mō te wā, kāore he mahi, kāore he mahi tahi a te tīma, kāore he māramatanga mō te kawenga, kāore he whakahaere—nā tēnei huihuinga iti nei ahau i tino whakaiti. He whakama tēnei hei kaiārahi tīma? I taua wā tonu, i hiahia noa ahau ki te ngaro ki roto i te rua. I kite ahau i te koretake o taku; ko te whakapehapeha i whakahīhī tonu ahau kua memeha haere inaianei…
I pā mai ngā kōrero a Kaiako Sun ki ahau, ā, i arotake anō ahau i taku mahi me taku hinengaro:
- Te tika-ā-koeKua nui rawa taku whakahīhī i ahau i te mahi, me te whakaaro tonu kei te tika ahau. Engari i roto i te ao tūturu, he mahere anō ā ngā whakaritenga a te kamupene. Ko te whai i ngā whakaritenga a te kaiārahi te momo mahi tahi pai rawa atu; he hē te whakanui rawa i ō ake pūkenga.
- Te ngohengohe matapoHe mea nui ngā uara tika me ngā whakaaro motuhake. Ko te mea e pai ana ki ētahi atu, kāore pea e pai ki a koe, nō reira kaua e whai noa iho.
- Te whakapae i ētahi atuKāore he hua o te amuamu. Kaua e whakapae i ētahi atu ina pāngia koe e ngā raruraru, engari kia arotahi ki te whakapau kaha ki te whakaoti rapanga.
- Te makona i a koe anōKāore he āwhina o te whai i ngā whakatutukitanga me ngā wawata o mua. Ko te wā o mua pai rawa atu ko te wā o mua tonu; he pai ake te whakanui i te wā o nāianei, me te mahi kaha ki te waihanga i tētahi heke mai pai ake.
I homai hoki e te kēmu "The Maze" tētahi akoranga hohonu ki ahau: ko te hikoi huri noa i te taura tekau ngā wā, kāore i kitea te putanga, ehara i te mea kāore he putanga—ko te tikanga kāore anō kia kitea e au. Kaua e whakakeke, kaua hoki e mauheretia i roto i tō ake ao iti; e ai ki te kōrero tawhito, "Whakarongo ki ngā tohutohu, ā, ka makona koe."
I taku hikoi ki waho, ka kite i te papa teitei, ka pupū ake te mataku i roto i ahau—ka kī tonu tōku ngākau i te mataku, te ahotea, me te manukanuka. Engari i taku tūnga ki runga, ka peke, ka mōhio ahau he tino māmā te mahi i taua taahiraa tuatahi.
mahi, me mahi tātou panaia ō tātou rohe, wetekina i te whare herehere o te koretake, ka whai kia tino hira ake.
Ko te wairua mahi tahi a te tīma te mea i tino ohorere ai ahau. I te mahi uaua a ngā kaimahi tawhito me ngā kaimahi hou ki te whakaiti i taku whiu, ka pakaru aku parepare. Ahakoa kāore au i mōhio ki ō rātou ingoa i mua i te whakangungu, kāore e taea te whakakorekore i te kotahitanga o te tīma.
I whakakitea mai e tēnei whakataetae whiu tētahi pono: i te wā i pōhēhētia ai ahau i te mahi, i wareware ahau ki te tautoko a ngā rangatira, ngā rangatira, me te whānau i te ao. I te wā i pōhēhē ai ahau, tera pea i tino ngenge rawa atu te hunga tautoko i ahau.
IV. Whakarāpopototanga me te Whakawhetai
Kua tae te wā ki te whakarērea te whakapehapeha, te ngākau māhaki, te ngohengohe matapo, me ngā amuamu, ka noho hei tangata pai, hihiri, me te harikoa.
E mihi ana ahau ki te Kaiwhakahaere Matua, ki a Yan, me ētahi atu kaiārahi o te kamupene mō tā rātou whakarato i tētahi whakangungu me te whai wāhitanga tipu nui. E whakapono ana ahau i raro i tā rātou kaiārahi, ka anga whakamua a Zhongxing, ka kaha ake.